[Mageia-dev] Possible workaround of bug related to Orphans: need opinions

Fri May 27 12:14:22 CEST 2011

> Marcello Anni skrev 27.5.2011 12:25:
+> > Hi all,
+> >
+> > probably everyone knows the bug related to the use of orphans by urpmi 
+(and
+> > rpmdrake):
+> >
+> > title: 'urpme --auto-orphans' message shouldn't be shown when using 
+rpmdrake'
+> >
+> > link: https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=920
+> >
+> >
+> > as time is over and we can't change this feature, what about using a
+> 
+> Hmmm, first you state this wich is correct...
+> 
+> 
+> > workaround in urpmi? my proposal is to change the current message with 
+someone
+> > similar to this:
+> >
+> > "these packages are orphans. If you are an experienced user and you want 
+to
+> > remove them, you can use "urpme --auto-orphans". Otherwise we discourage 
+the
+> > use of this comand"
+> >
+> > is still possible? i need the partecipation of i18n team to update the
+> > localizations and the approval of the dev team that should commit the new
+> > package. Please, let me know
+> >
+> 
+> then you still ask for changes... :/
+> 
+> anyway... Its _way_ too late, we are in full freeze and have started 
+> testing final isos, so no changes at this point.
+
+ok, maybe if Anne wrote down these words i'd understand before that it's 
+impossible at this development stage. i will try to organize this change (that 
+anyway it's not about code, but only a transaltion string) after the release.
+> 
+> --
+> Thomas
+> 
+
+thanks
+
+cheers,
+Marcello
+